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- To all "whom it may concern:

wnsrrrnsfrnn I. lm-EB, or coLLINsvILLE, ILLINois, AssIeNoR or TWENTY ONE- n'UNnnEDTHs To PAUL rUnnY sToNr:y or :ons MOINES, Iowa.

Y i l Be it known .that l, WAsHINeToN I. PHIFER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Coll1nsv1lle,1n the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improyement in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this /invention is toprovide an Y, improved construction of driving shait for that type of engines which receive the impulse of the piston thrust on an inclined surface lwhich is formed on the yimprclved driving shaft.

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Other4 and further objectswill appear 1n the specification and be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to (the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of this 1mproved'lengine.. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken. on the line 11-11, Fig. 1.

3 is a view showing the explosion impulse receiving member to which the connecting rods are connected parts being shown 1n section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of this Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line V-V, Fig. 4. l

Relier-ring to the drawings: 1 designates a series of cylinders which are arranged radially around a driving shaft 2. Surrounding said. cylinders is the usual water jacket 3. cylinders are cylinder heads 4. `Secured t'o the body portion 5 of said cylinders 1 1s the housing 6, said housingbeing preferably of circular form -having the end wall 7. Formed in the center of said. end Wall is a bearing 8 in which is mounted one end of the driving shaft 2, the opposite end of said driving shaft being mounted in the bearings 9 formed in the body portion of said cylinders. It is to be nted that the driving shailt 2 is composed of three parts, there being a part 10, the part 11, and the stud 12. Formed on the inner end of the part 10 is an inclined disk 13, and formed on the part 11 is a relatively inclined disk 14. Said disks are held apart by the enlarged central portion 15 formed on the stud 12, said-stud holding the parts 10 and 11 rigidly connected by the nuts 16. i

Mounted between lthe inclined disks 13 and 14 on the enlarged portion 15 of the stud 12 is'an impulse receiving member 17 l Specification of Letters Patent.

Closing the outer ends of said.

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having the circular centr-a1 body portion 18. Arranged radially around said body portion are a series of arxns 19, said arms being equally spaced apart. Mounted on each larm 19 is a sleeve 20, each sleeve having formed therein a pair of oppositely opposed pins 21, a nut 22 is adapted to .keep each Sleeve 2O on its arm 19. Mounted on each sleeve 2'0 and each pair of pins 21 is a bearing 23, said bearing being formed' on one end of the connecting rods 24. Each connecting rod is secured at its opposite end to the wrist pin 25 of the pistons 26. Said pistons are reciprocably mounted in the cylinders 1. Se-

cured to the body portion 18 of the impulse receiving member 17 is a guiding finger 27, said finger being reciprocably mounted between a pair'of guides 28 formed longitudinally of the interior of the bottom of the housing 6.

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notedthat Vthe parts 10 and 11 of said shaft will aline lengthwise with the center line A. The disks 13 and 14 are formed on said parts 10and 11, and are inclined at 45 from the central line A. The stud 12 which secured the parts l() and 1l together passes .through the disks 13 and 14 at right-angles thereto, being mounted in the central open- 4ings 29 formed in said disks, said disks being circular shape. The longitudinal central Ylinie B of stud 12 will intersect at rC with the line A at the center of the stud 12. The central line D drawn longitudinally between the disks 13 and 14 will also intersec l the lines A and B at C.

ln the operation of this improved engine, when in motion, the impulse of the eX- plosions on each piston'26 will be ldirected to the disk 14 at a point as shown at E of Fig. 5, which is at a point toone side of the central line F. Therefore, inasmuch as the impulse receiving member '17 is held against revolving by the engagement of the linger 27 in the guides 28, the force of the explosion will be given to the inclined surface of the dislr 14, which will cause the shaft 2 to revolve. When the piston 26 has reached the end of its stroke, it will be returned to the opposite end of the cylinder by the in.

Patented Apr. d, 1915. application alec my 1e, 191e.' serial No. 768,398.

exploded, will give its` exploding impulse against the disk 14 at the point E, and the exploding pressure will bear on the inclined face of said disk 14 to the point G of said disk. It is therefore seen how a seriesof exploding thrusts of thepistons and their connecting rods will be thrust against the inclined faceof the disk 14, thereby driving the disk around. Said disk being` a part of the shaft 2, said driving shaft will therefore be revolved. And as the impulse receiving member 17 is mounted between the disks 13 and 14, the disksl and 14 slidingaround and against said member 17, there will be nolashingor knocking. j

In order 'to' provide lubrication to the working parts, a by-pass 'connection 30 is adapted to communicate from the Waterv jacket 3 tothe housing 6, being'controlledV by a *by-'pass' valve 31.= As the oil, which lhas been cured into the Water surrounding the cylin ers becomes heated by the exploding ofthe engine, the vapor arisingftherefrom will be oil-laden and willpass through. the by-pass 30 into the housing 6.- In-order to further assist the lubrication of the work-- ing parts, splashing arms 32 vare mounted on the. sha-ft 2 inside of the housing 6,`

which arms will communicate with the oil at the bottom .of said housing, thereby/spraying the oilaround the interior oi said-housing Whenthe engine is -in motion.

WhatI claim is:

1. A rotary member comprising a twopart shaft, an obliquely arranged disk secured. to the' adjacent .ends of each' part of said shaft, a stud mounted in said disks for holdingk the parts of said shaftin alinement, an impulse `receiving member mounted on saidstud between said disks, and connecting rods pivotally secured to said impulse member.

2. A rotary member comprisingatvvopart shaft, an 'obliquely arranged disk secured to the adjacent ends of each part-ofing member mounted on said stud kbetweeny 'said' disks, andv -connecting'vrods pivotally vof radially arranged arms carried b said vimpulse Lmember, and connecting .ro

part shaft, an obliquely arranged disk'se- .said stud between said disks, a 'seriesoff -on each of said sleeves, and a .connecting l rod connected .to yeachpair of pins on each, *l ,2. .of said sleeves. .z s L WASHIITGHION'1.l PHI'FER., n l" In the presence of- A lI-LGr. FLETCHER. y

'holding thev'parts of said shaft'. in aline-ly ment, shoulders formed on' said stud' for holding said disks apart, an impulse receivsecured to said impulse member.

' 3. A rotary member comprising a twopart shaft, an obliquely arranged diskzs'ecured to the adjacent ends o'f each partoff. the shaft,.a studzmounted in said disks for holding the parts of said shaft in alinement, an impulse receiving member mount. l ed on said stud between saiddisks, a seriesl I;

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rotally secured to said arms,

4. A rotary member comprisingr antwo- Cured to @he adjacent., mds of ah se .f

the shaft, a stud mounted in said disks for, l 5 holding the .partsof said shaft invalinement, i. l an impulse receiving' ,memberv mountedy on said stud between said disks, la vseries of p .7,0

radially: arrangedarms ,carried by vsaid-.1mg.A pulse member, sleeves mounted on said arms, and connecting rods pivotally connected to said sleeves.E ,e 5. A .rotary memberA comprising a twoy: part shaft, an obliquelyarrangedr disk= se;- 7 5. cured to the adjacent ends of each 4part of y the shaft, astud mounted insaid disksfform.

holding the4 parts of said shaft in alinement,v an' impulse receiving memberl mounted on.A4 80 radially arranged'arms carried by said 'imi pulse member, a pair. of oppositely1 disposed pins formed4 sleeves mounted on said arms., 

